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PUBLIC LAW 104-127—APR. 4, 1996 110 STAT. 1053 (6) to prepare and submit for the approval of the Secretary, when appropriate or necessary, a recommended rate of assessment under section 536, and a fiscal period budget of the anticipated expenses in the administration of the order, including the probable costs of all programs and projects; (7) to develop programs and projects, subject to subsection (d); (8) to enter into contracts or agreements, subject to subsection (e), to develop and carry out programs or projects of research, promotion, industry information, and consumer information; (9) to carry out research, promotion, industry information, and consumer information projects, and to pay the costs of the projects with assessments collected under section 536; (10) to keep minutes, books, and records that reflect the actions and transactions of the Board, and promptly report minutes of each Board meeting to the Secretary; (11) to appoint and convene, from time to time, working committees comprised of producers, industry members, and the public to assist in the development of research, promotion, industry information, and consumer information programs for canola, rapeseed, and canola and rapeseed products; (12) to invest, pending disbursement under a program or project, funds collected through assessments authorized under section 536, or funds earned from investments, only in— (A) obligations of the United States or an agency of the United States; (B) general obligations of a State or a political subdivision of a State; (C) an interest-bearing account or certificate of deposit of a bank that is a member of the Federal Reserve System; or (D) obligations fully guaranteed as to principal and interest by the United States; (13) to receive, investigate, and report to the Secretary complaints of violations of the order; (14) to furnish the Secretary with such information as the Secretary may request; (15) to recommend to the Secretary amendments to the order; (16) to develop and recommend to the Secretary for approval such regulations as may be necessary for the development and execution of programs or projects, or as may otherwise be necessary, to carry out the order; and (17) to provide the Secretary with advance notice of meetings. (d) PROGRAMS AND BUDGETS. — (1) SUBMISSION TO SECRETARY.— The order shall provide that the Board shall submit to the Secretary for approval any program or project of research, promotion, consumer information, or industry information. No program or project shall be implemented prior to approval by the Secretary. (2) BUDGETS. — The order shall require the Board, prior to the beginning of each fiscal year, or as may be necessary after the beginning of a fiscal year, to submit to the Secretary for approval budgets of anticipated expenses and disbursements in the implementation of the order, including projected costs